Hello,
I'm sure you get new user giving the pool life story and the suggesting SLAM but here is mine. We got a new above ground pool in September last year, was good for the 2 weeks we had it open then closed it. There was a hole in the pool cover when we opened it in May and the water looked real bad. I've shocked and super shocked it all season. It rarely gets clear and when it finally does it only lasts for 3 days max. It always gets worse after any rain. Last week as a last resort I opened the filter and discovered algae all in my sand, so I replaced the sand. New sand and using 2.5 pounds of 73% ganula shock worked to clear the water the 4 days later it started getting cloudy and now it looks absolutely horrible. I usually go to Leslie's Pool to get my water chemistry digitally read.
My questions.
1. Should I only be using Bleach and can it be any bleach (Clorox) and what % number am I looking for?
2. How do I make sure I don't bleach my vinyl linear.
3. The test kits that usually gets mentioned is $65 on amazon. is this a good price?
4. Does SLAMing have to be done multiple times throughout a pool season?
5. Why am I this bad at owning a pool?
I'm sure you get new user giving the pool life story and the suggesting SLAM but here is mine. We got a new above ground pool in September last year, was good for the 2 weeks we had it open then closed it. There was a hole in the pool cover when we opened it in May and the water looked real bad. I've shocked and super shocked it all season. It rarely gets clear and when it finally does it only lasts for 3 days max. It always gets worse after any rain. Last week as a last resort I opened the filter and discovered algae all in my sand, so I replaced the sand. New sand and using 2.5 pounds of 73% ganula shock worked to clear the water the 4 days later it started getting cloudy and now it looks absolutely horrible. I usually go to Leslie's Pool to get my water chemistry digitally read.
My questions.
1. Should I only be using Bleach and can it be any bleach (Clorox) and what % number am I looking for?
2. How do I make sure I don't bleach my vinyl linear.
3. The test kits that usually gets mentioned is $65 on amazon. is this a good price?
4. Does SLAMing have to be done multiple times throughout a pool season?
5. Why am I this bad at owning a pool?